Little thieves are hanged, but great ones escape

Little thieves are hanged, but great ones escape.

Prov. Truly expert criminals are never caught. Everyone's making such a fuss because they convicted that bank robber, but he must not have been a very dangerous criminal. Little thieves are hanged, but great ones escape.

See also: but, escape, great, little, one, thief

Common Names:

Name	Pronounced	Usage
Rohan (1)	-	Indian, Hindi, Marathi, Bengali, Kannada
MÁIrÍN	MOI-reen, MAW-reen	Irish
Oran	O-ran	Irish
MÜMtaz	-	Turkish
LucÍA	loo-THEE-ah (Spanish), loo-SEE-ah (Latin American Spanish)	Spanish
Ah	-	Chinese